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Alosa pseudoharengus occurs in open water on all bottom types (marine waters or open lake waters, except during breeding season).
Marine populations overwinter in deep water.
Marine populations spawn in quiet stretches of rivers (fresh or brackish water) or in small streams, in lagoons behind seawalls, or in lakes above the influence of tides. Lake populations move into shallow coastal waters or ponds to spawn at night.
Larvae occur in or slightly downstream from spawning areas where they form schools.
Juvenile fish may show upward movement until they leave freshwater/estuarine nursery areas in summer or fall (or in some areas, spring of the next year).
Alosa pseudoharengus is eaten fresh, dried or salted, smoked, and frozen, but is also used as bait for crabs and lobsters.
Etymology: the word "pseudo" means deceptively similar and "harengus" probably refers to the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus).
Synonyms:
Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818
Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814
Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811
Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815
Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842
Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847
Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
Marine populations overwinter in deep water.
Marine populations spawn in quiet stretches of rivers (fresh or brackish water) or in small streams, in lagoons behind seawalls, or in lakes above the influence of tides. Lake populations move into shallow coastal waters or ponds to spawn at night.
Larvae occur in or slightly downstream from spawning areas where they form schools.
Juvenile fish may show upward movement until they leave freshwater/estuarine nursery areas in summer or fall (or in some areas, spring of the next year).
Alosa pseudoharengus is eaten fresh, dried or salted, smoked, and frozen, but is also used as bait for crabs and lobsters.
Etymology: the word "pseudo" means deceptively similar and "harengus" probably refers to the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus).
Synonyms:
Clupea megalops Rafinesque, 1818
Clupea parvula Mitchill, 1814
Clupea pseudoharengus Wilson, 1811
Clupea vernalis Mitchill, 1815
Clupea virescens DeKay, 1842
Meletta venosa Valenciennes, 1847
Pomolobus pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
